Trump ally blames Merkel for the Ukraine war: “Putin would never have attacked’. “Nothing moves Germans more than the fear of Donald Trump and his retaliation,” said the former US ambassador to Berlin.

Richard Grenell is campaigning for Donald Trump's re-election and denounced the EU's handling of Ukraine war. The 57-year-old took up Trump’s rhetoric directly: ‘Joe Biden and Angela Merkel have shown weakness. Putin started wars in Europe under Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Not under Donald Trump”